2 bottles per lot
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CHATEAU AUSONE
The Vauthier family achieved sole ownership of the estate in 1995 and began a string of critically acclaimed vintages greatly increasing the prices of Ausone and inducing some to dub it the next Pétrus or Cheval Blanc. Instead, Ausone is the first Ausone. The total production is only one fourth of Cheval Blanc, less than half of that of Pétrus and totally different in style than either. According to William Younger in Gods, Men and Wine vines were grown in this area of the Gironde as early as the first century AD. Retraction of the Domitian Edict by the Emperor Probus began a surge of vineyard development of the region was chronicled by Ausonius, professor of Rhetoric at Bordeaux University. He had considerable vineyards of his own, referencing if not establishing the legend of the château. Ausone is singular and distinctive wine with back-breaking elegance and poetic mineral, almost steely, aromatics. Superb length and elegance belie impressive concentration and intensity.
JC
Château Ausone--Vintage 1937
Saint-Emilion, 1er grand cru classé (A)
Levels: upper/mid shoulder; slightly damaged capsules
2 bottles per lot
The Vauthier family achieved sole ownership of the estate in 1995 and began a string of critically acclaimed vintages greatly increasing the prices of Ausone and inducing some to dub it the next Pétrus or Cheval Blanc. Instead, Ausone is the first Ausone. The total production is only one fourth of Cheval Blanc, less than half of that of Pétrus and totally different in style than either. According to William Younger in Gods, Men and Wine vines were grown in this area of the Gironde as early as the first century AD. Retraction of the Domitian Edict by the Emperor Probus began a surge of vineyard development of the region was chronicled by Ausonius, professor of Rhetoric at Bordeaux University. He had considerable vineyards of his own, referencing if not establishing the legend of the château. Ausone is singular and distinctive wine with back-breaking elegance and poetic mineral, almost steely, aromatics. Superb length and elegance belie impressive concentration and intensity.
JC
Château Ausone--Vintage 1937
Saint-Emilion, 1er grand cru classé (A)
Levels: upper/mid shoulder; slightly damaged capsules
2 bottles per lot